Screams and Nightmares Read online: Scream Issue December 1973 Skywald Publications was a 1970s publisher of black-and-white comics magazines, primarily the horror anthologies Nightmare, Psycho, and Scream. It also published a small line of comic books and other magazines. Skywald’s first publication was Nightmare #1 (Dec. 1970). The company lasted through the end of 1974